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Saturday, October 10, 2026
Music
Eurasia Consort: Music of Paradise
In the far reaches of northwestern China lies Dunhuang, a cultural crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, famed for its hundreds of caves filled with Buddhist frescoes depicting music and dance. Inspired by these vivid murals, the Eurasia Consort brings…
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Music
Paula Cole
With Rett MadisonGrammy Award–winning singer-songwriter Paula Cole returns to the stage with THIS FIRE: 30, a special anniversary tour celebrating three decades of her landmark album This Fire. Known for fearless, emotionally incisive songwriting and a genre-blending sound that helped…
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Music
War & Peace
John Falskow, conductorRepertoire:Leonard Bernstein — “Simple Song” from MassStephanie Berg — We Are Not BirdsJoseph Schwantner — In evening’s stillness…Aaron Copland — Down a Country LaneDavid Del Tredici — In WartimeLeonard Bernstein — “Almighty Father” from Mass
Friday, October 9, 2026
Xquisite Corpse
You’ve got BIG plans for Halloween this year. Xquisite Corpse is coming — a surreal immersive playground for monsters and freaks. We’re cooking up a feast of wonderfully odd events, and we’re inviting you to come costumed, masked, in your…
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Literature
Ayad Akhtar
When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is pulled toward revelation—and into a scandal that could destroy everything. Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar’s most daring work yet: The Radiance is visionary novel of spiritual transformation…
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Mexican Muralism and Networks of Solidarity
Please join us for Mexican Muralism and Networks of Solidarity: "The Struggle Against Racial Discrimination" in Seattle and Beyond, a conversation between Dr. Jennifer Jolly (Ithaca College) and Dr. Gigi Peterson (SUNY Cortland), moderated by Swagato Chakravorty (The Henry Art…
Wednesday, October 7 - Saturday, October 10, 2026
Exhibit
Estado Novo
University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design
Amid the global resurgence of religious nationalism, the exhibition critically revisits Portugal’s Catholicism-based dictatorial regime, Estado Novo (1933–1974), through a contemporary lens. Curated by Nikoloz Nadirashvili (PhD Candidate, Art History), the show features Gabriel Siams (Brazil/Portugal), Paulo Mendes (Portugal), Daniel…
Thursday, October 5, 2026
Literature
V.E. Schwab
More than a decade in the making, V.E. Schwab brings her Villains trilogy to its triumphant conclusion. Join the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil…
Monday, October 5, 2026
Music
Classics Concert
Foster High School Performing Arts Center
Ludwig van BeethovenOverture to EgmontFlorence PriceAdorationBela BartokRomanian Folk DancesClaude DebussyClair de lune, arr. Andre CapletFelix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Music
Classics Concert
Foster High School Performing Arts Center
Ludwig van BeethovenOverture to EgmontFlorence PriceAdorationBela BartokRomanian Folk DancesClaude DebussyClair de lune, arr. Andre CapletFelix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Film
Chronovisor
(Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, United States, 2026, 100 min, in English, German, Italian, and French with English subtitles)While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne-Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of…
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Film
Chronovisor
(Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, United States, 2026, 100 min, in English, German, Italian, and French with English subtitles)While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne-Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of…
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Music
Swiftified: A Taylor Swift Tribute
Get ready for a high-energy, joy-filled, family-friendly matinee celebrating the music of Taylor Swift as Emily McVicker’s Swiftified brings the hits to life with a live band, interactive moments, and plenty of sing-along magic. Fans of all ages are invited…
Saturday, October 3, 2026
The Lee Tide- Artist Talk with David Hytone
Join us Saturday October 3rd, 1-2:30pm to hear from artist David Hytone. Project Northwest artist David Hytone will begin with a condensed history of his practice, touching on the evolution of studio techniques and visual vocabulary. Hytone will then discuss…
Friday, October 2, 2026
Ricky Kej
Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
On Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, three-time Grammy Award-winning composer Ricky Kej performs music from his acclaimed album Gandhi — Mantras of Compassion. Kej, a UN Goodwill Ambassador and recipient of India’s fourth-highest civilian award, Padma Shri, blends ancient Indian mantras with…
Friday, October 2, 2026
Poe Unexpected: An Improvised Edgar Allan
Step into the shadows for a Poe-inspired night of mystery, madness, suspense, and laughter.At Unexpected Productions, our improvisers use Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic world and your eerie suggestions to create brand-new tales of haunted hearts, suspicious characters, buried secrets, and…
Friday, October 2, 2026
Theater
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Step into the eerie woods of Sleepy Hollow, where laughter will give way to gasps of fright in this exciting adaptation of the most enduring Halloween tale in Northeast American literature. Newcomer and schoolteacher Ichabod Crane initially scoffs at the…
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Theater
Eureka Day
Chaos has entered the chat.At Berkeley’s most proudly progressive private school, every decision is made by committee—and every committee meeting is an adventure. When a case of mumps surfaces, parents and administrators gather to debate safety policies, equity, and what…
Thursdays-Saturdays, October 1-30, 2026
Improv
Emerald City Slasher
🔪 A killer is on the loose. No one is safe.Seattle has it all. Drizzly streets. Bougie coffee. Tech bros in fleece vests. But something darker is stalking the city. A killer is on the loose, and before the night…
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Film
Equinox Flower
Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his gorgeously detailed first color film, about an old-fashioned father and his newfangled daughter.